Combined valve-stem clamp and lubricator.



No. 831,814. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. J. G; WILLIAMSON & W. D. BARKER. COMBINED VALVE STEM CLAMP AND LUBRICATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED PEB.21, 1906.

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JOSEPH CARTER WILLIAMSON AND WILLIAM DOBBS BARKER. OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA.

COMBINED VALVE-STEM CLAMP AND LUBRlCATO R Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

Application filed February 21, 1906. Serial No. 302,219.

To (all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that we, Josnrn CARTER WIL- LIAMSON and WrLLIAn DOBBS BARKER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Tallahassee. in the county of Leon and State of Florida, have invented a new and Improved Combined Valve-Stern Clamp and Lubricator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to locomotive-engines; and its object is to provide a new and. improved combined valve-stem clamp and lubricator arranged to lubricate the valve stem outside and immediately adjacent to the stutling-box and to permit the engineer to quickly and securely lock the valve-stem, and hence the valve, against movement in case of a breakdown of the corresponding engine to allow running of the locomotive by the use of the other engine alone.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied, the cylinder, the valve, and the steam-chest being shown in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of the improvement as applied. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

The valve-stem A of each locomotive-engine of a locomotive extends through the usual stufiing-box B into the steam-chest C to connect with a slide-valve D, controlling the admission and exhaust of the steam to the cylinder E. The combined valve-stem clamp and lubricator F is arranged on the outer end of the stuffing-box B and consists, essentially, of two members F and F con nected with each other by bolts F to hold the members F and F in proper relation to each other and to allow of clamping the members F and F firmly onto the valvestem A to hold the latter and the valve D against movement, as hereinafter more fully explained. The members F and are shown located one above the other, and the upper member F is provided with sidewiseextending apertured ears F, engaging the stuffing-box bolts B, so as to securely hold the combined valve-stem clamp and lubricator F in position on the outer end of the stutling-box B. The members F and F are provided with a receptacle for containing a lubricant, the said receptacle being partly formed by a vertically-disposed aperture F in the member F and arecess F in the member F", as will be readily understood by reference to Fig. 2, so that the receptacle can be readily filled with a lubricant, preferably in the form of waste saturated with oil and the like. The end walls of the members F and F are formed with a passage for the valve-stem A, and this passage ispartly made in the member F and partly in the member F by forming said members with segmental recesses F 7 and F at opposite sides of their joint. Thus the valve-stem A extends longitudinally through the receptacle containing the lubricant, and consequently the valve-stem A is properly lubricated adjacent to the outer end of the stuffing-box B.

In case the engine breaks down and it is desired by the engineer to lock the valve D in its central position, as shown in Fig. 1, then it is only necessary to screw up the nuts of the bolts F, so as to draw the member up with a view to firmly clamp the valvestem A, thus holding the latter against longitudinal movement, it being understood that the gear for operating the valve-stem A is uncoupled, so that the engineer is able to proceed on the journey by the use of the other engine alone.

The combined valve-stem clamp and lubricator is very simple and durable in construction and can be readily attached to existing engines without altering any of the parts thereof.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A combined valve-stem clamp and lubricator, comprising upper and lower members having vertical registering recesses forming a chamber for the lubricant, and trans verse recesses coacting to form an opening for the passage of the valve-stem, said chamber communicating with said opening, said upper member having ears provided with openings for receiving the stuffing-box bolts, and vertical bolts traversing both of the mem bers and provided with nuts whereby to 1 nuts whereby to tighten said members on the tighten said members on the valve-stem. valve-stem.

2. A combined valve-stem clamp and lu- In testimony whereof we have signed our bricator, comprising upper and lower memnames to this specification in the presence of '5 bers 'having registering recesses forming a two subscribing Witnesses.

chamber for lubricant, and having recesses JOSEPH CARTER WILLIAMSON. coacting to form an opening for the passage WILLIAM DOBBS BARKER.

of the Valve-stem, said chamber c0mmuni. Witnesses: eating with said opening, and bolts travers- PAULINE COSTA,

1o ing both of said members, and provided with B. F. WILLIS. 

